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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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